GW2. A complete guide on how to get your Legendary Runes and Sigils. Legendary Runes and Sigils Crafting Guide. Guild Wars 2.
Contents hide
1Getting started
2Recipes
2.1Step 1 (Legendary Rune): Gift of Runes
2.1.1Mystic Aspects
2.2Step 1 (Legendary Sigil): Gift of Sigils
2.2.1Mystic Motes
2.2.2Mystic Clovers
2.2.3Mystic Clover Sources (Click to expand)
2.2.4Globs of Ectoplasm
2.2.5Obsidian Shards
2.3Step 2: Gift of Craftsmanship
2.4Step 3: Gift of Condensed Magic
2.4.1Fine Crafting Material Gifts (Click to expand)
2.5Step 4: Gift of Condensed Might
2.5.1Fine Crafting Material Gifts (Click to expand)
2.6Crafting the Legendary Rune
2.7Crafting the Legendary Sigil
2.8Recommendations
2.9Video Guide
The Legendary Runes and Sigils allow you to choose the properties of any Superior Rune or Sigil in the game, this way you can easily swap between them anytime you are out of combat. Additionally, you can use the Legendary Runes and Sigils on all of your characters and builds simultaneously due to the legendary armory system. Another property of the Legendary Runes and Sigils is that you can use them in gear of any type of rarity that has an upgrade slot and can be removed without using an upgrade extractor.
This guide includes the entire process and all the information you will need to craft your Legendary Runes and Sigils.
IMPORTANT NOTE:The process described on this guide(Step 1 to 4)is to makeONEpiece (1 rune or 1 sigil), you will need to repeat the process a total ofSIXtimes for each rune, and FOUR times for each sigil. Except you want more for underwater as well.
To craft a Legendary Rune you will need to combine these four gifts in the mystic forge:
And for the Legendary Sigil you will need to combine these other four gifts in the mystic forge:
As you can see the only difference between the two recipes is the first gift, so the guide will be divided in 4 steps where the only difference will be on the first step.
Step 1 (Legendary Rune): Gift of Runes
For the Gift of Runes you will need to combine in the Mystic Forge:
- 50
- 20
- 100
- 50
Mystic Aspects
For the Mystic Aspects, first you will need to buy the recipe from any Armorsmithing, Leatherworker or Tailor Master Craftsman. It costs 25 and 35000 Karma. To craft them it requires level 75 or more of any of those crafting disciplines.
For each Mystic Aspect you need:
- 10
- 1
- 1
- 1
So, the total amount you will need to craft a Legendary Rune is:
- 500
- 50
- 50
- 50
Step 1 (Legendary Sigil): Gift of Sigils
For the Gift of Sigil you will need to combine in the Mystic Forge:
- 75
- 30
- 150
- 75
Mystic Motes
For the Mystic Motes, first you will need to buy the recipe from any Artificer, Hunstman or Weaponsmith Master Craftsman. It costs 25 and 35000 Karma. To craft them it requires level 75 or more of any of those crafting disciplines.
For each Mystic mote you need:
- 10
- 1
- 1
- 1
So, the total amount you will need to craft a Legendary Sigil is:
- 750
- 75
- 75
- 75
Mystic Clovers
A total of 20 are required to craft a Legendary Rune, and 30 for a Legendary sigil. There are many ways to obtain these, check the following list and choose the one you prefer.
Mystic Clover Sources (Click to expand)
- Mystic Forge Recipe (30% chance approx)
- 10 Obsidian Shards
- 10 Mystic Coins
- 10 Globs of Ectoplasm
- 10 Mystic Crystals
- Lyhr
- The Wizard’s Tower – [&BA8OAAA=]
- No limit
- Wizard Vault
- Default keybind Shift+H
- Limit 20 per season
- BUY-4373 Fractal Vendor
- Inside Mistlock Observatory
- Limit 2 per day
- Dugan WvW Vendor
- Starting area of WvW maps
- Limit 5 per week
- League Vendor PvP Vendor
- Heart of the Mists – [&BNgJAAA=]
- Limit 5 per week
- Miyani Mystic Forge Vendor
- Lion’s Arch – [&BBAEAAA=]
- Limit 10 per week
- Basic Magnetite Exchange Operative Raid Vendor
- Lion’s Arch Aerodrome – [&BCAJAAA=]
- Limit 10 per week
- Nikki the Lost Strike Vendor
- The Wizard’s Tower – [&BMUNAAA=]
- Limit 5 per week
- WvW/PvP Reward Tracks
- Repeatable: 2 clovers per container
- Non-Repeatable: 7 or more clovers per container
Globs of Ectoplasm
The are obtainedfrom salvagingrareor better equipment that is level 68 or above, or can be bought directly from the Trading post.
Obsidian Shards
A total of 50 are required to craft a Legendary Rune and 75 for a Legendary Sigil. There are many ways to obtain these. Here I leave you a few great options:
Buying them at the Temple of Balthazar near the Rally Waypoint – [&BNIEAAA=]. They cost 2100 Karma each. You can also get Obsidian Shards from WvW/PvP reward tracks.
Another way is to buy them in exchange of Unbound Magic from the merchant close to the Sorrow’s Eclipse Waypoint – [&BH0JAAA=] for 100 Unbound Magic. One of the fastest ways to get Unbound Magic is by gathering in the Bitterfrost Frontier and consuming them.
Step 2: Gift of Craftsmanship
The Gift of Craftsmanship is sold by Faction Provisioners in exchange of 50 Provisioner Tokens. To get 50 Provisioner Tokens can take you several days depending on your resources. If you need to know how to get them, check the Provisioner Token Guide.
Step 3: Gift of Condensed Magic
For the Gift of Condensed Magic you will need to combine in the mystic forge:
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 1
The Gift of Blood, Gift of Venom, Gift of Totems and the Gift of Dust can be crafted by level 400 or higher Artificer, Huntsman, or Weaponsmith. Their recipes are obtained from any Mystic Forge Attendant for10 Goldeach. If you have the Secrets of the Obscure expansion you will have access to an NPC called Lyhr. Lyhr will also offer the items at an extra cost of 10 Globs of Ectoplasm. You can find him in The Wizard’s Tower behind the staircase just south ofEmpyrean Plaza—[&BOwNAAA=].
These gifts will need several fine crafting materials. You can gather them or just buy them from the Trading Post.
Fine Crafting Material Gifts (Click to expand)
- Gift of Blood
- 100
- 250
- 50
- 50
- Gift of Venom
- 100
- 250
- 50
- 50
- Gift of Totems
- 100
- 250
- 50
- 50
- Gift of Dust
- 100
- 250
- 50
- 50
Step 4: Gift of Condensed Might
For the Gift of Condensed Might you will need to combine in the Mystic forge:
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 1
Same as before, these Gifts can be crafted by level 400 or higher Artificer, Huntsman, or Weaponsmith, or crafted by Lyhr for an extra cost each.
Fine Crafting Material Gifts (Click to expand)
- Gift of Claws
- 100
- 250
- 50
- 50
- Gift of Scales
- 100
- 250
- 50
- 50
- Gift of Bones
- 100
- 250
- 50
- 50
- Gift of Fangs
- 100
- 250
- 50
- 50
Crafting the Legendary Rune
Now its time to combine the , the , the and the in the Mystic Forge.
Crafting the Legendary Sigil
And for the Legendary sigil, combine in the Mystic Forge the , the , the and the .
Recommendations
If you want more details on some item acquisitions check out thisLINK for the Legendary Rune or this other LINK for the Legendary Sigil. Also if you need more organization in following the craft progress by taking into consideration items that you might have before going shopping in the Trading Post, use theGW2Efficiencycrafting tool.
Video Guide
If you prefer a video guide approach, I recommend to watch this one in combination with the wiki:
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